1 Kings 14:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

And come to Tirzah An ancient and royal city, in a pleasant place, where the kings of Israel had a palace, whither Jeroboam was now removed from Shechem, either for his pleasure, or for his son's recovery, by the healthfulness of the place. When she came to the threshold Of the king's house, which probably was upon or by the wall of the city, and near the gate.

1 Kings 14:17

17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;